I was very disappointed in this amateurish dot-com bubble attempt at a critique on Corporate America.
Ron Livingston delivers an average performance as a loser slacker in a nondescript office environment who falls under the spell of a relaxation tape. This changes his whole outlook on work, and amazingly, starts him inadvertently on an acceleration path to management in his organisation.
Any movie that recycles a plot point from "Superman III" , and then meat-loafs it with a "Shallow Hal" plot point must raise serious questions.
"Friends" fans will likely platz at the sight of Jennifer Aniston in an early foreshadowing of much edgier work to come ("Friends with Money" and "The Good Girl").
There were some good points: Gary Cole as the snide boss is excellent, Diederich Bader as the loopy neighbour is true to form, as ever. But my favourite part was the opening scene in which David Herman raps along with requisite attitude to Scarface's "Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster". A postcard moment for every Eminem wanna-be if I ever saw one.
On the whole though, writer/director Mike Judge unfortunately misses his mark.
Ron Livingston delivers an average performance as a loser slacker in a nondescript office environment who falls under the spell of a relaxation tape. This changes his whole outlook on work, and amazingly, starts him inadvertently on an acceleration path to management in his organisation.
Any movie that recycles a plot point from "Superman III" , and then meat-loafs it with a "Shallow Hal" plot point must raise serious questions.
"Friends" fans will likely platz at the sight of Jennifer Aniston in an early foreshadowing of much edgier work to come ("Friends with Money" and "The Good Girl").
There were some good points: Gary Cole as the snide boss is excellent, Diederich Bader as the loopy neighbour is true to form, as ever. But my favourite part was the opening scene in which David Herman raps along with requisite attitude to Scarface's "Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster". A postcard moment for every Eminem wanna-be if I ever saw one.
On the whole though, writer/director Mike Judge unfortunately misses his mark.